Forebrain
Cerebrum
Gray matter
Two hemispheres
Gray matter
Processes information
White matter
Transmits information
Midbrain
Endocrine system
Hormones
Homeostasis
Hormone
Chemical messengers travel through your blood
Controls the functions of the cells
Hindbrain
Regulates body’s basic functions
Defenses for your brain- skull
Skull- trauma protection
Spinal cord BLANK be replaced
Can’t be replaced
Very difficult to repair
Wont grow back
Spinal cord signals
Carries signal to and from brain to body
Any injury means loss of nerve info and control to from organ
Defenses for brain-Meninges BLANK brain and spinal cord
protect brain and spinal cord
Defenses for brain- Blood brain barrier-
chemical and mechanical filters BRAIN ONLY
Somatic nervous system carries commands from what to what
Brain to muscles
Somatic nervous system involves things you
Consciously sense and do
Somatic nervous system carries input from all senses except
Eyes
Autonomic nervous system controls
Autonomic functions
Autonomic nervous system divisions
Parasympathetic and sympathetic and enteric
Parasympathetic nervous system is responsible for the body’s
Rest and digest
Parasympathetic nervous system restores
Normal function
Regulates heart rate
Digestion
Sexual response
Sympathetic nervous system responsible for
Fight or flight
Sympathetic nervous system increases
Heart rate
Blood pressure
Adrenaline
Manage signals into either chemical or electrical forms
Neurons
Supports cells
Don’t transmit or relay
Help the neurons that do
Glial cells
How nerve cells travel
Soma->dendrite->axon
Functions of bones
Support and movement
Protect organs
Produce blood cells